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No idea about in India, but it's probably the same reason rugby wasn't popular in England for a long time.
It was a game played by the rich. And not really watched by anyone else.
When most people worked manual labor, and there was no health insurance or safety net, even just "normal" injuries like a sore back for a couple days stopped you from working, so you didn't get paid.
Soccer was what the lower classes paid, and why flopping became a thing. Even a minor injury had effects on someone's life.
So when India was a colony, very few could play. But cricket (I think) doesn't have many injuries.
But cricket isn’t? I can’t imagine a game that can sometimes take days to complete with afternoon tea breaks is something that would appeal to working class Indians.
But it does though...